Job Actor
Years active 1942-1971
Top Roles Bruno Sauer, William McCombs, Col. Semenov, Dist. Atty. Kerman, Emperor Maximillian
Top GenresDrama, Adventure, Action, Romance, Crime, War
Top TopicsWorld War II, Book-Based, Swashbucklers
Top Collaborators (Producer), , , (Director)
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George Macready Overview:

Character actor, George Macready, was born George Peabody Macready Jr. on Aug 29, 1899 in Providence, RI. Macready died at the age of 73 on Jul 2, 1973 in Los Angeles, CA .

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George Macready was noted as one of America's most distinctive villains -- a blond, blue-eyed death's head of a man with an aristocratic sneer on the upper lip. Macready created a whole range of polished, distinguished nasties and scoundrels, nearly all with a civilized veneer (1946, Gilda, 1964, Dead Ringer). He died from emphysema just after retirement.

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

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George Macready Quotes:

Marshal Sam Hughes: Remember, we, the law, will beat them because right is on our side - and that makes a big difference.

Harry Wharton: The truth is, I haven't slept since Mr. Wharton was convicted. I spend my nights exploring the jungles of this great city. I find it fascinating, the battle of good versus evil. I could take you places, show you things that would surprise even a man of your wide acquaintance.

Mme. de Montrevel: His Majesty adores Gaston!
Gaston de Montrevel: [laughing in embarrassment] Table talk!

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George Macready Facts
He claimed (probably correctly and truthfully) to be a descendant of the great 19th-century Shakespearean actor William Macready.
George and Vincent Price opened the Little Gallery in Beverly Hills in the spring of 1943. According to Victoria Price (Vincent's daughter), their customers included Charles Laughton, Tallulah Bankhead, Barbara Hutton, Fanny Brice, Katharine Hepburn and Greta Garbo. Of Garbo, Vincent said she "dropped in to look and, if anyone else was looking, dropped out--quickly." Jane Wyatt said, "It was a great, fun gallery. It was the place to go to meet and mingle. There was nothing else like it around. It was a wonderful place." George and Vincent eventually closed the Little Gallery when they could no longer do it justice while maintaining full-time movie careers.
Macready was a graduate of Classical High School in his hometown of Providence, Rhode Island. He graduated from Brown University (also in Providence) in 1921.
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